Fire Time

Fire Time

Nectarine tree named ‘Fire Time’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 21, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 13, 2030. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22741, the photograph of Fire Time printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22741, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a small size, moderately vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, very productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the mid to late season and requires about 650 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in the beginning of August, with first picking on Aug. 1, 2010. The fruit is uniformly large in size, acidic and sweet in flavor, globose to slightly oblong in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, mostly red in skin color, and yellow in flesh color.

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1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Summer Fire’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,506) nectarine by producing nectarines that are nearly full red in skin color, clingstone in type, acidic in flavor, and large in size, but is distinguished therefrom by having a large instead of small blossom, by being more productive, and by producing fruit that matures about 5 days later.

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